Nacional vs Always Ready, 2024 CONMEBOL Libertadores, Third Stage

· 2nd Leg - Tied on aggregate - NAC advance 5-4 on penalties

Nacional

7': Leandro Lozano
86': Diego Polenta
90'+3': Mateo Antoni

FT - Penalties
2 - 1
2nd Leg - Tied on aggregate - NAC advance 5-4 on penalties

Always Ready

45'+3': Darlison Rodrigues

About

Nacional are hosting Always Ready at Gran Parque Central, Montevideo, Uruguay, starting on . The match is a part of the CONMEBOL Libertadores.

Match Timeline

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
2': Attempt missed. Gabriel Báez (Nacional) left footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Leandro Lozano with a cross.
3': Attempt missed. Gonzalo Carneiro (Nacional) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left.
3': Corner, Nacional. Conceded by Luis Caicedo.
7': Goal! Nacional 1, Always Ready 0. Leandro Lozano (Nacional) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mauricio Pereyra.
8': Attempt missed. Robson Matheus (Always Ready) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Wesley da Silva.
11': Attempt blocked. Jeremía Recoba (Nacional) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Lucas Sanabria.
12': Attempt missed. Mauricio Pereyra (Nacional) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
13': Foul by Mauricio Pereyra (Nacional).
13': Pablo Vaca (Always Ready) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
16': Attempt blocked. Jeremía Recoba (Nacional) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Leandro Lozano.
16': Attempt missed. Francisco Ginella (Nacional) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
18': Delay in match because of an injury Robson Matheus (Always Ready).
19': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
19': Foul by Francisco Ginella (Nacional).
19': Robson Matheus (Always Ready) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
19': Francisco Ginella (Nacional) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
20': Delay in match because of an injury Robson Matheus (Always Ready).
21': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
24': Attempt missed. Mauricio Pereyra (Nacional) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Leandro Lozano.
24': Foul by Adalid Terrazas (Always Ready).
24': Mauricio Pereyra (Nacional) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
25': Attempt saved. Francisco Ginella (Nacional) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Christian Ebere.
26': Attempt blocked. Lucas Sanabria (Nacional) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Christian Ebere.
26': Attempt blocked. Lucas Sanabria (Nacional) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mauricio Pereyra.
27': Darlison Rodrígues (Always Ready) wins a free kick on the right wing.
27': Foul by Gabriel Báez (Nacional).
27': Attempt missed. Diego Medina (Always Ready) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Héctor Cuellar.
29': Foul by Lucas Sanabria (Nacional).
29': Wesley da Silva (Always Ready) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
30': Foul by Wesley da Silva (Always Ready).
30': Juan Izquierdo (Nacional) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
33': Attempt missed. Darlison Rodrígues (Always Ready) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Robson Matheus.
34': Attempt missed. Robson Matheus (Always Ready) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Héctor Cuellar.
35': Delay in match because of an injury Darlison Rodrígues (Always Ready).
36': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
39': Foul by Christian Ebere (Nacional).
39': José Carabalí (Always Ready) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
40': Corner, Always Ready. Conceded by Juan Izquierdo.
42': Foul by Diego Polenta (Nacional).
42': Wesley da Silva (Always Ready) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
42': Diego Polenta (Nacional) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
42': Delay in match because of an injury Wesley da Silva (Always Ready).
45': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
45': Attempt blocked. Adalid Terrazas (Always Ready) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
45': Corner, Always Ready. Conceded by Gonzalo Carneiro.
45'+1': Attempt blocked. Marcelo Suárez (Always Ready) header from the right side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Robson Matheus with a cross.
45'+1': Corner, Always Ready. Conceded by Leandro Lozano.
45'+1': Foul by Adalid Terrazas (Always Ready).
45'+1': Lucas Sanabria (Nacional) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45'+3': Goal! Nacional 1, Always Ready 1. Darlison Rodrígues (Always Ready) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by José Carabalí with a cross.
45'+5': First Half ends, Nacional 1, Always Ready 1.
45': Second Half begins Nacional 1, Always Ready 1.
45': Substitution, Nacional. Mateo Antoni replaces Diego Polenta.
45': Substitution, Nacional. Rubén Bentancourt replaces Francisco Ginella.
47': Darlison Rodrígues (Always Ready) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
47': Foul by Mauricio Pereyra (Nacional).
48': Corner, Nacional. Conceded by Marcelo Suárez.
48': Corner, Nacional. Conceded by Alain Baroja.
50': Foul by Gonzalo Carneiro (Nacional).
50': Luis Caicedo (Always Ready) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
52': Foul by Héctor Cuellar (Always Ready).
52': Mauricio Pereyra (Nacional) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
54': Delay in match because of an injury Wesley da Silva (Always Ready).
56': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
56': Attempt missed. Rubén Bentancourt (Nacional) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Gonzalo Carneiro.
59': Foul by Rubén Bentancourt (Nacional).
59': José Carabalí (Always Ready) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
60': Foul by Marcelo Suárez (Always Ready).
60': Mauricio Pereyra (Nacional) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
60': Marcelo Suárez (Always Ready) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
61': Foul by Mauricio Pereyra (Nacional).
61': Robson Matheus (Always Ready) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
64': Adalid Terrazas (Always Ready) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
64': Foul by Mauricio Pereyra (Nacional).
64': Substitution, Nacional. Diego Zabala replaces Christian Ebere.
64': Substitution, Nacional. Federico Santander replaces Jeremía Recoba.
65': Attempt blocked. Robson Matheus (Always Ready) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Luis Caicedo.
66': Foul by Héctor Cuellar (Always Ready).
66': Leandro Lozano (Nacional) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
67': Offside, Nacional. Federico Santander is caught offside.
68': Diego Medina (Always Ready) is shown the yellow card.
70': Attempt missed. Gonzalo Carneiro (Nacional) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Gabriel Báez with a cross.
73': Substitution, Nacional. Gastón González replaces Mauricio Pereyra.
74': Corner, Nacional. Conceded by Luis Caicedo.
74': Adalid Terrazas (Always Ready) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
74': Foul by Juan Izquierdo (Nacional).
75': Delay in match because of an injury Alain Baroja (Always Ready).
76': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
79': Attempt blocked. Gonzalo Carneiro (Nacional) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Federico Santander with a headed pass.
79': Adalid Terrazas (Always Ready) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
79': Foul by Mateo Antoni (Nacional).
80': Delay in match because of an injury Darlison Rodrígues (Always Ready).
82': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
82': Substitution, Always Ready. Moisés Paniagua replaces Darlison Rodrígues because of an injury.
83': Attempt saved. José Carabalí (Always Ready) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Robson Matheus.
85': Diego Zabala (Nacional) wins a free kick on the right wing.
85': Foul by Adalid Terrazas (Always Ready).
86': Second yellow card to Diego Polenta (Nacional).
87': Attempt blocked. Mateo Antoni (Nacional) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Diego Zabala with a cross.
87': Corner, Nacional. Conceded by Luis Caicedo.
87': Attempt missed. Mateo Antoni (Nacional) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Diego Zabala following a corner.
88': Alain Baroja (Always Ready) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
88': Foul by Federico Santander (Nacional).
88': Delay in match (Nacional).
90': Luis Caicedo (Always Ready) is shown the yellow card.
90': Federico Santander (Nacional) is shown the yellow card.
90': Gastón González (Nacional) is shown the yellow card.
90': Adalid Terrazas (Always Ready) is shown the yellow card.
90'+1': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
90'+2': Corner, Nacional. Conceded by José Carabalí.
90'+3': Corner, Nacional. Conceded by Marcelo Suárez.
90'+3': Goal! Nacional 2, Always Ready 1. Mateo Antoni (Nacional) header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Diego Zabala with a cross following a corner.
90'+5': Substitution, Always Ready. Ayron Del Valle replaces Wesley da Silva.
90'+6': Ayron Del Valle (Always Ready) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+6': Foul by Juan Izquierdo (Nacional).
90'+8': Corner, Nacional. Conceded by Diego Medina.
90'+9': Delay in match because of an injury Luis Caicedo (Always Ready).
90'+10': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
90'+11': Second Half ends, Nacional 2, Always Ready 1.
90': Penalty Shootout begins Nacional 2, Always Ready 1.
91': Goal! Nacional 2, Always Ready 1(1). Luis Caicedo (Always Ready) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
92': Goal! Nacional 2(1), Always Ready 1(1). Federico Santander (Nacional) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
93': Goal! Nacional 2(1), Always Ready 1(2). Ayron Del Valle (Always Ready) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
94': Goal! Nacional 2(2), Always Ready 1(2). Diego Zabala (Nacional) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
95': Penalty saved. Marcelo Suárez (Always Ready) left footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.
96': Goal! Nacional 2(3), Always Ready 1(2). Gonzalo Carneiro (Nacional) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
97': Goal! Nacional 2(3), Always Ready 1(3). Robson Matheus (Always Ready) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the centre of the goal.
97': Goal! Nacional 2(4), Always Ready 1(3). Mateo Antoni (Nacional) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the top right corner.
98': Goal! Nacional 2(4), Always Ready 1(4). Adalid Terrazas (Always Ready) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
99': Goal! Nacional 2(5), Always Ready 1(4). Rubén Bentancourt (Nacional) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
99': Penalty Shootout ends, Nacional 2(5), Always Ready 1(4).
0': Match ends, Nacional 2(5), Always Ready 1(4).

Statistics

CAR		NAC
7	Fouls	15
4	Yellow Cards	3
0	Red Cards	1
0	Offsides	1
3	Corner Kicks	8
1	Saves	1
32.8	Possession	67.2
9	SHOTS	17
2	ON GOAL	3
0.2	On Target %	0.2
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
162	Accurate Passes	363
238	Passes	458
0.7	Pass Completion %	0.8
2	Accurate Crosses	13
6	Crosses	42
0.3	Cross %	0.3
58	Long Balls	53
23	Accurate Long Balls	26
0.4	Long Balls %	0.5
3	Blocked Shots	6
11	Effective Tackles	13
16	Tackles	24
0.7	Tackle %	0.5
10	Interceptions	3
53	Effective Clearances	8
53	Clearances	8

Game Information

Competition: CONMEBOL Libertadores

Venue: Gran Parque Central
Location: Montevideo, Uruguay
Attendance: 35,396

Line-Ups

Nacional (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
12	Luis Mejía (GK)
23	Diego Polenta
3	Juan Izquierdo
11	Gabriel Báez
14	Leandro Lozano
10	Mauricio Pereyra
26	Lucas Sanabria
17	Francisco Ginella
20	Gonzalo Carneiro
18	Jeremía Recoba
30	Osinachi Ebere

Nacional Substitutes:

Federico Santander, Diego Zabala, Rodrigo Chagas, Rubén Betancourt, Thiago Helguera, Mateo Antoni, Antonio Galeano, Alexis Castro, Ignacio Suárez, Gastón González, Franco Romero, Christian Oliva.

Always Ready (3-4-2-1)

No.	Name
1	Alain Baroja (GK)
18	Luis Caicedo
5	Marcelo Suárez
3	Pablo Vaca
13	Héctor Cuéllar
21	Robson Matheus
14	José Carabali
2	Diego Medina
9	Wesley da Silva
10	Adalid Terrazas
11	Darlison Rodrigues

Always Ready Substitutes:

Enzo Rodríguez, Walter Flores, Alfredo Alanoca, Matias Galindo, Marco Salazar, Moises Paniagua, Enrique Taborga, Julio Herrera, Mateo Abastoflor, Alexandro Zenteno, José Martínez, Ayron Del Valle.

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